The inspectorate's annual report for 2016/17 reveals that between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017, the taskforce inspected 92 suspected unregistered settings, issuing warning notices to 31 of these and reporting them to the Department for Education.
Ofsted said that, as a result, 22 of the settings have closed or altered their operations to ensure that they are complying with the law. ?
The taskforce, which consists of six Ofsted inspectors supported by a prosecutor seconded from the Crown Prosecution Service, was established in January 2016 to identify, investigate, inspect and disrupt settings found to be operating illegally.
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